Guest Post by Ted Aldwin Ong
The youth from different cities in the Philippines and from countries in the Southeast Asian region are expected to converge in Iloilo City on August 12-13, 2018 for the Ideas Positive, the third Youth Forum on Public Health (IPYFPH).
The youth from different cities in the Philippines and from countries in the Southeast Asian region are expected to converge in Iloilo City on August 12-13, 2018 for the Ideas Positive, the third Youth Forum on Public Health (IPYFPH).
The two-day event is considered
the largest gathering of the youth who are working on the field of public
health, governance, and development and it will be held at the Iloilo
Convention Center in line with this year’s celebration of the International
Youth Day.
The IPYFPH offers a venue for members
of the youth sector to come together in order to help build a healthier
Philippines by focusing conversations on pressing public health issues and by
identifying problems so that appropriate actions can be undertaken through
project initiatives that can be implemented in their respective localities.
The United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (UN-SDGs) will be a major theme that will be discussed in
this year’s forum and the youth participants will show their contributions that
helped realized targets for better health outlined in the SDGs.
Final preparations for the IPYFPH
is underway and the youth aged 15 to 30 years old and young professionals are
being called upon to fill-up registration by visiting www.ipyfph2018.org in order for
their participation to be confirmed by the organizer.
What
can you expect in the forum?
The forum is packed by learning
activities. It will have plenary talks by invited speakers who are experts on
public health from the United Nations, United Nations Development Programme
Philippines, and ASEAN Foundation.
It will also have breakout
sessions which will be facilitated to tackle different #GlobalGoals and their
relation to health. Delegates can attend up to three breakout sessions.
The Day 1 of the Forum will
provide participants different ways to be part in the public health
conversation.
§ Public Health Debates - delegates may join the debates
in order to discuss public health issues with their fellow youth;
- Health and Tech Expo - participants
can exhibit their innovative and creative contributions to public health;
- Advocacy Booths - youth
organizations can showcase
their health-related advocacy and activities at the booths;
- Health Research Presentation - young
researchers may share of health researches;
- Health Journalism - campus
journalists and budding writers can join the health journalism competition
to express and share their opinions about a public health topic; and,
- Rapid Health Talks - the
youth may share their ideas on improving the health landscape of the
country.
From
local to global
One of the highlights of Day 2 is
the Ideas Positive Run 8 Grand Finals Presentation. Five out of the 17 teams
who were a National Finalist of Ideas Positive Run 8 will present their project
outcome by showing how they implemented the six-month initiative.
The projects in the Ideas Positive
Run 8 ranged from innovative solutions on geriatric care in Ilocos Norte up to
mental health awareness among the youth in Marawi City and it will showcase the
capability of the youth in making a healthier Philippines and demonstrate how
the youth can contribute in nation-building.
Considering the recently concluded
Sangguniang Kabataan elections, Ideas Positive Youth Forum will hold a special
session among SK elected officials to help them create effective and
sustainable health projects for their constituents.
Who
should join?
Students, professionals, and the out-of-school
youth aged 15 to 30 are welcome to join. The registration fee is priced at PhP2,500
(50 USD) for students and Php3,500 PHP (70 USD) for professionals, inclusive of
meals, a conference kit, and a certificate of attendance.
The Ideas Positive is the premier
youth engagement program of Unilab Foundation, Inc. in the Philippines. It was established
in 2012 with the aim of engaging the youth to create innovative solutions for
public health issues in communities.
Now on its eighth run, the Ideas
Positive proved instrumental in engaging over 37,000 youth by helping them
transform more than 150 communities and touching the lives of more than 1.7
million Filipinos nationwide.
The Forum is supported by its
partners: Sun Life Foundation, National Youth Commission, United Nations
Development Programme Philippines, University of the Philippines Visayas-University
Student Council, University of San Agustin Student Council, STEM.ph, Philippine
Society of Youth Science Clubs, Iloilo Doctors College-Supreme Student Council,
University of the Philippines Visayas Debate Society, and OPPO Philippines. #
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